May Risks Fresh Defeat on Day U.K. Meant to Leave: Brexit Update

Raab says he’s backing May’s deal. "I cannot countenance an even longer extension," he said in the House of Commons.Source: Bloomberg
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Theresa May makes a desperate push to get at least the main part of her Brexit divorce deal through Parliament on Friday, the day the U.K. was meant to be leaving the European Union. To stand even a slim chance, the prime minister was forced to leave the vote on Britain’s future ties to the bloc until a later date; even so, she faces seemingly impossible odds.

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